Analysis of smile...
emotions that stab like knives.
crying widows, broken wives.
thoughts that shoot happiness on sight
touching poems seal closed wounds,
of cold dark rooms and un-opened tombs.
crying mothers with unbirthing wombs.
so smile..
even if its for a little while.
even if it doesnt mean a thing...
just... SMILE....
| Scheme | AAX XXA BBXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) Etheree (30%) |
| Metre | 0101111 1010101 11110011 1010111 111101101 1010111 11 101110101 10111101 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 298 |
| Words | 50 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 79 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on December 13, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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